Artists/ Architects/ Photographers
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Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
$22.00 Read moreNamed one of the Best Books of 2023 by the New Yorker and The New York Times‘ Dwight Garner
“The first comprehensive biography of this hipster magus . . . [John Szwed] allows different sides of Smith’s- Author: Szwed, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1250338107
- Language: English
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Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up
$55.00 Read moreClaire Wilcox and Circe Henestrosa’s Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up presents a unique window into the artist’s life.
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), as an artist and a woman, has a unique international app- Author: Wilcox, Claire
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 24 2018
- ISBN10: 1851779604
- Language: English
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The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
$22.00 Add to cartA literary classic, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh Captures the voice of one of the most beloved and important artists of all time. Though Vincent van Gogh is often thought of as a mad genius, in The… [more below]
- Author: Roskill, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1416580867
- Language: English
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Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
$24.99 Add to cartOne of Esquire‘s 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist’s Best Books of 2022 * A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice * Nominated for The Next Big Idea Club * The Week Magazine B
- Author: Nevala-Lee, Alec
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0062947230
- Language: English
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Dear Judy: A Love Story Rewritten by Alzheimer’s
$18.95 Add to cartWhen the author’s wife, Judith James, was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease in her sixty-first year, they’d been a couple for close to four decades and together had constructed an envia
- Author: James, Michael F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987628621
- Language: English
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Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak
$55.00 Add to cartThe most comprehensive survey of the work of Maurice Sendak, the most celebrated picture book artist of all time–with previously unpublished archival materials
Published in conjunction with the eponym
- Author: Sendak, Maurice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1636810527
- Language: English
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Josef Koudelka: Next: A Visual Biography by Melissa Harris
$50.00 Add to cartThe definitive and only authorized biography of Josef Koudelka–an intimate portrait of the life and work of one of photography’s most renowned and celebrated artists.
Throughout his more than sixty-y- Author: Harris, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1597114650
- Language: English
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A Book about Ray
$54.95 Read moreThe first full-career survey of the idiosyncratic life and work of Ray Johnson, a collagist, performance artist, and pioneer of mail art.
Ray Johnson (1927-1995), a.k.a. “New York’s most famous unknow
- Author: Levy, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 394
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 262048744
- Language: English
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: The Woman Behind the Artist
$40.00 Add to cartWhile biographers of Andy Warhol have long recognized his mother as a significant influence on his life and art, Julia Warhola’s story has not yet been told. As an American immigrant who was born in a… [more below]
- Series: Russian and East European Studies
- Author: Rusinko, Elaine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0822948400
- Language: English
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Irving Penn: Centennial
$70.00 Add to cartThe definitive book on the work of a virtuosic and revered American photographer
Irving Penn (1917-2009) was among the most esteemed and influential photographers of the 20th century. Over the course- Author: Hambourg, Maria Morris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1588396185
- Language: English
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Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword: Book 1
$19.99 Add to cartCaravaggio: The Palette and the Sword Book 1 is the first half of Milo Manara’s two-volume epic biography of the hot-tempered Italian master painter. It depicts Caravaggio’s early years in Rome as he … [more below]
- Series: The Fantagraphics Milo Manara Signature Edition
- Author: Manara, Milo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: December 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1683969863
- Language: English
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Desperately Seeking Warhol
$19.95 Add to cartFor someone who traveled as much as he did, it is a marvel that Andy Warhol had time to make art. Desperately Seeking Warhol traces the artist’s movements around the globe from international cultural … [more below]
- Series: Desperately Seeking
- Author: Castello-Cortes, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1584237244
- Language: English
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Wormwood Star: The Magickal Life of Marjorie Cameron
$34.67 Add to cart2020 Edition features fascinating new revelations as well as over a dozen rare and new images.
In the first-ever biography written about her, Wormwood Star traces the extraordinary life of the enigmati
- Author: Kansa, Spencer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: April 23 2020
- ISBN10: 1906958602
- Language: English
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The Burroughs-Warhol Connection
$28.00 Add to cartThe Burroughs-Warhol Connection revolves around four meetings between William S. Burroughs and Andy Warhol in 1980. Its author, Victor Bockris, was a friend and collaborator of both men and attempted
- Author: Bockris, Victor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: December 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1068698004
- Language: English
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The Life and Times of Charles J. Belden: Cowboy Photographer
$45.00 Read moreThe Life and Times of Charles J. Belden, Cowboy Photographer, is scheduled for a Fall 2024 release according to the publisher, the first monograph to be published featuring the work of the legendary W
- Author: Roddan, Brooks
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1733386491
- Language: English
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Mondrian: His Life, His Art, His Quest for the Absolute
$40.00 Add to cartThe extraordinary and surprising life of Piet Mondrian, whose unprecedented geometric art revolutionized modern painting, architecture, graphic art, fashion design, and more–from acclaimed cultural h… [more below]
- Author: Weber, Nicholas Fox
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0307961591
- Language: English
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John Willie: A Bizarre Life
$34.99 Add to cartWith his iconic art and the groundbreaking content of his Bizarre magazine, John Willie is perhaps the person most responsible for introducing fetish style to the mainstream. Illustrated with examples… [more below]
- Author: Garrett, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0764368338
- Language: English
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Over to You: Letters Between a Father and Son
$25.00 Add to cartCompelling and intimate, this collection of never-before-seen letters between the celebrated art critic and essayist, John Berger and his son Yves, an artist, is a moving look at their musings on art,… [more below]
- Author: Berger, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 055338757X
- Language: English
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Michelangelo: His Epic Life
$56.99 Read moreThere was an epic sweep to Michelangelo’s life. At 31 he was considered the finest artist in Italy, perhaps the world; long before he died at almost 90 he was widely believed to be the greatest sculpt
- Author: Gayford, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: October 01 2017
- ISBN10: 024129942X
- Language: English
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Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871, famously dubbed the “Terrible Year” by Victor Hugo, Paris and its people were besieged, starved, and forced into surrender by Germans–then imperiled aga
- Author: Smee, Sebastian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1324006951
- Language: English
